Pyongyang (North Korea)

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: safety first of all

...Air Koryo is the name of the national carrier of the Democratic Republic of Korea (better known as North Korea) and practically is the only transportation system available if you wish to visit, for business or leisure, this country unless you are ready to take a long trip on board of a not really confortable train from Beijing, China to Pyongyang. Air Koryo is a name adopted in recent years as in the past the carrier name was CAAK (Civic Aviation Association of Korea). New name but very old fleet composed by a vintage collection of Russian aircrafts. Four Ilyushin 62, two Tupolev 134, two Tupolev 154, two Ilyushin 18, eight Antonov 24. Their average age is around 30 years. Due to the embargo and the poor economy in the country Air Koryo has great difficulties to arrange spare parts for its aircraft, so recently they have been forced... Read review

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Advantages: Great fun, historic and beautiful countryside
Disadvantages: Can be crowded

...NEW LANARK is a visitor attraction set in a deep gorge at the eastern end of the Clyde Valley just south of the ancient Royal Burgh of Lanark itself. At first glance, it seems quite unusual that a village of abandoned cotton mills and the homes of the former workers would be one of Scotland's top tourist attractions, but New Lanark is about as far removed from the image of those 'Dark Satanic Mills' of the Victorian era as North Korea is from enlightened liberalism. From the UNESCO site: 'New Lanark is a small village in a beautiful Scottish landscape where a model industrial society was created in the early nineteenth century by the philanthropist and utopian idealist Robert Owen. The imposing mill buildings, the spacious and well-designed workers' housing, and the dignified educational institute and school still survive to testify... Read review

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Advantages: Memorable, historical, free
Disadvantages: None

...Continuing the reviews of my recent trip to Washington, this review is about the Korean War Memorial. I think that if you go to Washington and only see one memorial (there are a lot!) then this should be the one that you see…..and here's why. SOME HISTORY The Korean War lasted from 1950-1953. It is not a war that gets talked about a lot, mainly because everyone concentrates on the Second World War which had only been over for five years and the Vietnam War. The War broke out when the Communist regime of North Korea invaded South Korea. The USA was afraid of the spread of Communism and so decided to fight to defend South Korea. Over 54,000 American troops were killed in the three year war (and a lot more UN troops as well). The Memorial itself was originally planned in 1986 but as with everything the realisation took a little... Read review

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